As the search for Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar intensifies in Afghanistan, so have US efforts to capture andquestion suspected Taliban and al Qaeda fighters. Over the last two days alone, at least 30 new prisoners have beenbrought to detention centers in Afghanistan, where they are being probed for information on the whereabouts of themissing leaders. These additions bring the total number of prisoners held by the United States up to 180,...

In the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan yesterday the surviving remnants of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qa’eda fled across frozen mountain tops in a bloody rout by U.S. backed forces that left hundreds of Al Qa’eda dead.

Last week Lawrence Summers, the former Treasury Secretary turned President of Harvard University, said that Harvard, and the rest of the academic world, need to get in line with mainstream America. Summers has given several speeches recently calling for academics to support the war effort and embrace traditional American values of patriotism and respect for military service, even calling for the return of ROTC to Harvard.

The Kabul office of the Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite station that has broadcast two videotapes of Osama bin Laden denouncing America, was obliterated in US bombing early yesterday morning.

As the U.S. military continues to bomb Afghanistan, U.S. officials announced last week that fifteen of the 19 men who hijacked the four airplanes involved in the September 11 terror attacks hailed from Saudi Arabia. Osama bin Laden,who President Bush has named as the prime suspect in the September 11 attacks, is Saudi Arabian. The Saudi government has allowed Saudi-based Muslim charitable organizations to funnel money to Al Qaeda. Since Sept....

Saudi Arabian officials this week told reporters they are unhappy about the bombing of Afghanistan, sending the clearest signal yet that its relations with Washington are being tested by the so-called war on terrorism. Interior Minister Prince Naif broke Saudi silence on the bombing late on Sunday, telling reporters the kingdom opposed terrorism but did not approve of the U.S. response. The Saudi government has also refused to freeze the...

The five major television news organizations reached a joint agreement yesterday to follow the suggestion of theWhite House and abridge any future videotaped statements from Osama bin Laden or his followers to remove language thegovernment considers inflammatory. The decision is the first time in memory that the networks had agreed to a jointarrangement to limit their prospective news coverage. It was described by one network executive as a...